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Ing. Viktor Šlapák, PhD.

Assistant professor

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Letná 9, main building, 2nd floor, B-wing, room L9‑B210

2016 – PhD, Technical University of Košice, field: Power Electrical Engineering
2012 – Ing. (MSc equivalent), Technical University of Košice, field: Mechatronic Systems
2010 – Bc. (Bachelor’s degree), Technical University of Košice, field: Mechatronic Systems

Basarik, Tomáš: Device for Final Inspection of Actuators – Software Part, Master’s Thesis, 2023 [CRZP link]
Gordan, Daniel: Device for Final Inspection of Actuators – Hardware Part, Master’s Thesis, 2023 [CRZP link]
Ličák, Gabriel: CAN Communication Bus in Servo Drives, Master’s Thesis, 2023 [CRZP link]
Bačinský, Michal: Control System for a Laboratory CNC Milling Machine, Master’s Thesis, 2025 [CRZP link]
Vasilchenko, Vasilii: Hardware and Software Design for Resolver Signal Processing Using a Microcontroller, Bachelor’s Thesis, 2025 [CRZP link]

059TUKE-4/2024 - Improvement of students' professional and team skills in study programme Industrial electrical engineering
- Principal investigator
- Duration: 2024 - 2026
- Planned budget: 50 351,06 €
KEGA 032TUKE-4/2024: ...
- Research team member
- Duration: 2024 - 2025

VEGA 1/0665/26 – Research of Advanced Control Algorithms for Electric Drives Using Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Twin Concept,
- research team member,
- duration: 2026–2028,
APVV‑23‑0521 – Indirect DC Converters with Unidirectional and Bidirectional Power Flow,
- research team member
International Visegrad Fund, project ID 22420041 – PAEPEDE: Pathways to Excellence in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives Education,
- research team member,
- duration: 2024–2026,
VEGA 1/0363/23 – Research of High‑Efficiency Electromechanical Systems with Applications in Electromobility,
- research team member
- duration: 2023–2025,

V. Šlapák, F. Ďurovský, K. Kyslan, P. Smoleň, „Shearing work analysis and control design of rotary shears in material processing lines,“ 2024. In: Power Electronics and Drives, Varšava (Poľsko), SCIENDO Roč. 9, č. 1 (2024), pp. 482-501. ISSN 2543-4292. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pead-2024-0030...
F. Ďurovský, V. Šlapák, P. Smoleň, K. Kyslan and E. Spišák, "Rotary Shears Control in Material Processing Lines," 2023 International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (EDPE), The High Tatras, Slovakia, 2023, pp. 1-9, doi: 10.1109/EDPE58625.2023.10274059.

Kyslan, K.; Petro, V.; Bober, P.; Šlapák, V.; Ďurovský, F.; Dybkowski, M.; Hric, M. A Comparative Study and Optimization of Switching Functions for Sliding-Mode Observer in Sensorless Control of PMSM. Energies 2022, 15, 2689. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15072689 30 citácií
K. Kyslan, V. Šlapák, V. Fedák, F. Ďurovský and K. Horváth, "Design of load torque and mechanical speed estimator of PMSM with unscented Kalman filter — An engineering guide," 2017 19th International Conference on Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (EDPE), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2017, pp. 297-302, doi: 10.1109/EDPE.2017.8123249. 25 citácií

Firmware design for PCU control board. Customer: Glunz&Jensen, Prešov, 2026
Longterm cooperation with SPINEA Technologies, s.r.o. (later SPINEA s.r.o.)
- duration: 2016 - 2025
- main responsibilities: design and implementation of measurement test benches (design and realization of control cabinets and control software; B&R Automation systems, Siemens S120); design of electronic circuits; development of measurement‑control applications in LabVIEW; sizing, testing, and measurement of electrical actuators; technical support for development; technical customer support.
Program modification for cutting oversized sheets on STAM shears, for Datamont, s.r.o., Košice, 2024.
Control of drum shears, for Datakon, s.r.o., Košice, 2015–2016.